Chinese GP: Vettel tops 2nd practice too

Sebastian Vettel

After topping practice 1 times Sebastian Vettel went fastest again in the second practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix. But this time instead of his Red Bull teammate being 2nd, he was followed closely by the McLarens of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton less than three tenths behind the world champion.

Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher showed improvement over the first two races in the Mercedes, winding up fourth and fifth – less than half a second off the pace.

Felipe Massa was again the fastest Ferrari driver with the sixth quickest time.

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Behind	Laps
1.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1m37.688s	+0.000	34
2.	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1m37.854s	+0.166	22
3.	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1m37.935s	+0.247	31
4.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1m37.943s	+0.255	34
5.	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1m38.105s	+0.417	29
6.	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1m38.507s	+0.819	36
7.	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1m38.735s	+1.047	35
8.	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1m38.805s	+1.117	26
9.	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1m38.859s	+1.171	31
10.	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1m39.327s	+1.639	33
11.	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1m39.538s	+1.850	33
12.	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1m39.667s	+1.979	37
13.	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m39.771s	+2.083	18
14.	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1m39.779s	+2.091	17
15.	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m39.828s	+2.140	25
16.	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1m39.925s	+2.237	32
17.	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1m39.953s	+2.265	30
18.	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	1m40.476s	+2.788	30
19.	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	1m41.482s	+3.794	32
20.	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1m42.902s	+5.214	25
21.	Tonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	1m43.850s	+6.162	3
22.	Jerome D'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	1m44.008s	+6.320	35
23.	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1m44.747s	+7.059	12